How a feisty Israeli-American scholar faced down a Saudi billionaire banker and an arrogant British judge-and strengthened free speech rights in the process. I first heard of Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld in the spring of 2005. A New York-based, Israeli-born … [Read more...] about Free Speech, Libel Tourism and the Little Sabra Who Could*
Libel Tourism
Weekly Review, May 18-23, 2015
Left: iSIS destroying historical sites in Iraq, AP -- ISIS: Why Does Obama Sit on His Hands? - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Is President Obama kept on the dark by his intelligence briefers about ISIS’s rapid advance in Iraq and Syria? Why does he think … [Read more...] about Weekly Review, May 18-23, 2015
On Libel And The Law, U.S. And U.K. Go Separate Ways
Left: The Old Bailey in London (Image: Old Bailey via Shutterstock.com) In the U.S. this past week, HBO aired the documentary Going Clear, about the Church of Scientology, to strong reviews. The nonfiction book on which the film is based was … [Read more...] about On Libel And The Law, U.S. And U.K. Go Separate Ways
The Paris Attack
Cartoon credit: Ruben L. Oppenheimer, 10:23 AM - 7 Jan 2015 President Obama is wrong. Free expression and a free press are clearly not "universal values," as he asserted in his condemnation of the attack on Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris. The … [Read more...] about The Paris Attack
Weekly Briefing – January 5-9, 2015
The Mystery of the Islamic State - Rachel Ehrenfeld -- Over several months last year, in an effort to understand the Islamic State movement, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, sought the … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – January 5-9, 2015
Jihadist Incitement in America
Samuel Huntington predicted the growing cultural and religious conflicts that we are witnessing daily. His dubiousness regarding the ability of the West to understand those challenges and reluctance to meet them has been disturbingly accurate. A … [Read more...] about Jihadist Incitement in America